No. Nearly everything he does is tilting

Anyone ever get fitted in one of the major manufacturers' mobile fitting centers?

I got my last driver fitting done at the Titleist mobile fitting center at Piper's Heath in the Toronto area. What's up?

I read somewhere they offer free fittings with no obligation to buy. Maybe I'd wait until one of the trucks rolls through a relatively nearby area.

Just booked my first Bandon Dunes trip for the five days after thanksgiving (when it gets pretty damn affordable and the weather can still be pretty nice).

Playing each of the four courses one morning (one twice) and the preserve (13 hole par 3 course) each afternoon. Staying on property (Lilly pond cottages) and so so so pumped.

That sounds awesome. Bandon is on my short list of golf trips to make within the next couple of years.

Trip report with plenty of pics, please.

Nice. Lily pond cottages are great IMO but all of the lodging is great.

Sweet. What's your favorite of the courses?

Any opinion on what course should be played twice for a first timer at Bandon? My first four tee times are locked in. Need to make a decision at some point about what course to replay.

I think the consensus will certainly be:

Pacific>Bandon>Trails/Old Mac. I guess if I was playing any course twice it would be in that order. Pacific is just really really good

Nobody doing a Official PGA thread?

It has been up for a while now.

haha yes for 5 years since the last PGA at Straits. Think it just got bumped cuz of the GC rerunning it.

i would rank them Pacific>Bandon>Old Mac>>>>Trails. i'm perfectly fine if i skip Trails on every trip (and we do on our yearly trip).

just remember that the Shorty's course at the range is really cheap (donations suggested), and the Preserve is half price if you've already played a round that day.

also worth looking into the chrome lake cabins as a housing option. i think they're cheaper than lily pond but you should check. i'm guessing that also depends on how many are in your group.

I really should have brought my clubs with me on this trip. I am staying in Park City and I think I have driven by at least 2 dozen courses that look great, and cheap too.

Signs they might have cut the pin in a slightly absurd place. You miss a an uphill put on the high side, ball goes 3 inches past the cup, stops and rolls back down into the hole.

Another swing, 5 wood from about 240 or 250 out total, landed 15 yards short bounced up and left me 24 foot putt.

Thanks for posting the videos Your scores don't match your swing - and I like it! In your opinion, how reliant are you on your hand-eye coordination? Feel? Mechanics?

I'd love to hear a breakdown on how you got to your current hc.

I was going to say you're the George Springer of golf but then I'd have to google to explain

4 months ago I was a 12 or so but I didn't play a round of golf 2014. I decided this year to get a season pass. So for the past 4 months I try to play either 4 or 5 days a week. My typical day is rarely just 18. Most days I play 27 and at least once or twice a week play 36. On the days I play 18 I always go back out on the course and try to spend at least 1-1.5 hours working on what sucked that day. So usually it is either irons or 30-100 yards.

I got myself a very easy to hit set of clubs with hybrids and have no shame it hitting a 6 hybrid. I have done a lot of work with impact tape as well so I have begun to get very good at knowing exactly where on the club I hit the ball and how it affects ball flight. This lets me make on course changes for my driving some days playing the 5-10 yard draw that goes maybe 265-275 total or some days I suck so I either choke down and hit a heel driver shot that goes like 235 but stays mostly straight.

I have also gotten decent with fairway woods and even though the swing doesn't look great, and the one I posted was rushed because my phone always stops recording so fast. Normally it is a bit better than that one but I don't stress much on looks, just ball flight. This is where my biggest drop in HDCP came from. In 2013 I only had an old ****ty 5 wood and sucked with it. I think I his one par 5 in 2 the entire season. This year I can't even count how many I have hit and how many others are within 20 yards. I got good at chipping so the vast majority of birdies are either 2 putt birdies or under 5 footers that I chipped close.

Par 4's I just try to stay out of my own way. I always just shot for the middle of the green until the last week or 2 where I have started feeling comfortable to fire at pins from 165 and in.

I also putt 100 or more times a day at home focusing only on going through a very tight hole from 2-4 feet so now I don't stress 4 foot come backers.

And finally I basically just play the same course and know it like the back of my hand. It has some tricky greens that get really easy when you have had every single putt from any direction. No head scratching double breakers that I don't see. Not sure how much that helps the hdcp but I imagine it is 2-3 strokes.

So basically I have gotten 1 full shot better putting
My short game has gotten about 1.5 shots better
off the tee I am about 1.5 shot better
Outside 175 yards I have gotten about 3 shots better and
about 1 shot better on 125-175.

That is 8 shots right there so throw in a few for course knowledge and at least 1 or 2
more on the sole fact I believe I will shoot 70s as long as I don't do anything dumb to **** it up and you end up with the result of my HDCP going from 12 something to about 5

Didn't even answer your actual question. No doubt hand eye is a lot. I had great hand eye coordination in high school and it seems to have come back playing 4 days a week where it didn't playing 1 or if lucky twice a week. Mechanics help obv as well and while my swing is kind of fugly especially the follow through I have found a grip that and down swing that lets me deliver the club face fairly square from the inside and I just slightly change grip and let my self come over the top a tad so I can fade it. I don't stress about lag or anything, just try to make sure I don't get stuck on my back foot which is the one thing that makes me shank and top every other shot.

Also forgot one thing. Once a week or 2 weeks I go out on the course and hit 5-10 or every club to something I know exact distances to and write down the distance of carry and dispersion of the shots which done enough gives me a nice little scatter plot of my shots and where they miss and how much they miss by and use those findings to help with on course club and target selection.

Here is one from 3.5 months ago



But for real I am just trying to always get better or learn something, hopefully both at the same time. So everyone feel free to criticize my swing or point out flaws or talk ****.

Took some video of my swing. Since I was in a hitting bay it will only show my arms on down. Actually pretty happy with the way it looks.

First 2 swings are with driver, second 2 with a 5 wood. All but the 3rd swing were straight.



Found something that worked on the range with the woods. Started concentrating on keeping my left elbow tucked in on the takeaway. I'm sure it will not work next time out.

video set to private still.

Fixed (I think)

was confused about the left elbow until I realized you are a lefty